Lithium-Ion Batteries, Straight from a 3-D Printer: By making the basic building blocks of batteries out of ink, Harvard materials scientist Jennifer Lewis is laying the groundwork for lithium-ion batteries and other high-performing electronics that can be produced with 3-D printers. – by Mike Orcutt – http://www.technologyreview.com/demo/521956/printing-batteries/

Data Occupations: Quantified Self is a passionate political “movement” without concrete demands. That should sound familiar On a July evening at the Microsoft New England Research & Design building in Cambridge, Mass. – by Whitney Erin Boesel – http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/data-occupations/